I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.
My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.
Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere.
To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of fall .... [p.218 ff.]
I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to.
I love telling people what to read. It's my favorite thing in the world, to buy books and force books on people, take bad books away from people, give them better books.